rye

segale

Un cereale usato per fare pane e alcune bevande alcoliche, e per nutrire gli animali.

In inglese semplice: A grain used to make bread and some alcoholic drinks, and to feed animals.

• This bread contains rye.
• They ground the rye into flour.
• The farmer sold a sack of rye to the mill.

Espressioni comuni: rye flour, rye bread, whole rye

segale

Una pianta erbacea alta, coltivata per i chicchi usati nel pane e nelle bevande.

In inglese semplice: A tall grass grown for its grain, which is used in bread and drinks.

• Rye grows well in this soil.
• The farmer planted rye last autumn.
• Tall rye covered the fields beside the road.

Espressioni comuni: grow rye, winter rye, field of rye

whisky di segale

Un bicchiere o una porzione di whisky prodotto con la segale.

In inglese semplice: A glass or serving of whiskey made with rye grain.

• He ordered a rye at the bar.
• She sipped her rye slowly.
• The bartender poured two ryes over ice.

Sinonimi: rye whiskey

Espressioni comuni: rye on ice, a straight rye, order a rye

carvi

Semi di carvi usati per aromatizzare il pane, chiamati per errore «rye», il nome inglese della segale.

In inglese semplice: Caraway seeds used to flavor bread, when people mistakenly call them by the grain’s name.

• She called the caraway seeds rye.
• By rye, he meant the spice in the bread.
• The customer asked for rye, pointing to the caraway seeds.

Sinonimi: caraway

Espressioni comuni: rye seeds, rye in bread